2024

Please follow the link below to a letter from Father Gabriele regarding opportunities to become an altar server this year.

Dear St. Therese Families,

Thank you for joining us, bringing good questions, and sharing your feedback at Back-to-School Night. It was a great evening, and we have to thank the St. Therese Parents Club for hosting the potluck social to begin the evening. This is a link to the slideshow that was presented at the beginning of the night, by Father Gabriele, Mrs. Baumbach, and myself. I've added some of the additional notes to each slide that we wanted to mention, but may have glossed over in the interest of time.

We are so grateful to those parents and family members who have expressed interest in volunteering at St. Therese, and we do indeed need your help with upcoming events. Here are the important details: you must complete a background check, which you can initiate through Mrs. Barnett in the school office. You also must take a class on child safety called CASE. The first CASE training is this coming Monday, September 23rd, at 5:30 pm. If you cannot attend next week, there will be one more Tuesday, October 1st at 6:00 PM. The background check and the CASE training are both free of charge. If you plan to attend, we would appreciate it if you could let us know in advance, however it's not required. The CASE training takes approximately 1 hour.

Today, we are exactly 2 weeks away from the St. Therese Jog-A-Thon! We're off to a good start but we can't stop now! The Jog-A-Thon is our primary fundraising event for the school. The dollars that come in from tuition simply do not meet our demands. We are 100% transparent with the money raised and the way that it is allocated. This year, the proceeds of the Jog-A-Thon go right back to your students, literally, in the form of updated curriculum and textbooks. As parents, this should be a great incentive to help your kiddos get out there and get those donations. Contact family and friends who support Catholic education. Proceeds from the Jog-A-Thon support the education of 200 children who look to The St. Therese Community, for their spiritual and academic growth.

To incentivize our students,

If we hit our school-wide goal of $50,000:

• K-5 students will get a super fun ice cream social which will be in lieu of an afternoon class!
• Middle school students will have an afternoon dance, during the school day with treats!

Help us help the kids! We are depending on you to help us raise the bar on the resources. Go Eagles!

In Christ the Teacher,

Principal Schoning

In kindergarten this week, students learned about primary and secondary colors and then practiced their fine motor skills by tracing and cutting.

6th grade ELA students in Dr. Giamona's classroom reading during sustained silent reading (SSR) while listening to relaxing music.

Third graders played a game of Noun Scoot. Students learn while moving around the classroom, which can help them stay focused. They are more engaged too because the game is fun!

Thank you all, students and families for getting your kiddos registerered for what is sure to be our BEST Jog-A-Thon ever! Now that we're registered, go get some pledges!! Lots of prizes to come, even before the Jog-A-Thon for those individual students and classes in the lead!

Keep going! We've got this!

What a great way to start the week together as a school, in prayer and community. Our students did great!

Every Monday our St. Therese students and staff will meet in the gym at 8:10 to start our week off with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, School-Wide Learning (SLE) acknowledgments, and weekly announcements!

There are some great opportunities for boys and girls to get involved in sports this Fall! Take a look and let us know if you have any questions!!

SWIMMING:

• Registration is open for the swimming team, and it will be open through the end of September, register here: https://cyocamphoward.org/content/24610/st-swimming
  
• Swimmers ages 3rd grade through 8th grade can join the team, and should be able to swim across the pool (we are NOT instructors on how to swim)
  
• We have GREAT coaches who are all former swimmers led by our very own Dave Tabayoyon who coached last year
• We are partnering with FMES school to create a team
• Practices are still being scheduled, but we will likely swim at 7pm two nights a week at Parkrose pool
• Please contact athletics@stthereseschool.org with any questions!!

Attention 8th grade families: it is time to start thinking about Catholic High School! See the flyer below for upcoming dates for Open House, High School Placement Tests, and application due dates. Mrs. Baumbach will be hosting a Catholic High School Info Night. More information will come to you soon.

9/27 Last Friday of the Month Free Dress with $2 donation

10/01 Feast of St. Therese school mass at 1:15 pm

10/4 Jog a Thon

10/4 Blessing of the Animals @ 8:30 Outside St. Therese Church

10/11 No School

10/14 Parent's Club Meeting

11/05 School Picture Day

11/27 1/2 day, with noon dismissal.

11/27 School mass changed to 8:30 a.m. Join us!

12/9 School mass at 1:15, Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Check out Carter Lam and Princess Fiona! They will be sure to make it to the blessing of the animals. You are invited too! Father Gabriele will be blessing your furry friends, and all others including dragons!

• Thank you to everyone who attended Back-to-School Night this week. Thank you to Parents Club for hosting the potluck beforehand. It was a great success! Just a reminder to reach out to teachers if you have any questions or concerns. All communications with teachers and staff are to be conducted in a manner that maintains respect and are carried out in a manner that promotes Christian charity, and vice versa. Our teachers do need some down time to be with their families too. If you email after 4 pm, they will do their best to reply to that email within 24 hours, but we want them to go home and have dinner with their families too. Thank you for understanding.

• Our Lost and Found is already overflowing. Gentle reminder that periodically, we have to sort through the sweatshirts, water bottles, and various other items that parents spend good money on, and we donate them to charity.

• Every Third Sunday of the month is an opportunity for someone from the school to serve our community, by serving coffee and donuts after the 10 am Sunday mass. Please contact the school office if you would like to volunteer for future months. 503-253-9400. It's an easy task, fun for the family, and counts as Fair Share Hours.

• Please pull all the way forward at Drop-Off in the morning so that we can keep that line moving quickly and prevent back-up.

As always, please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Registrar/Office Mrs. Barnett, barnetta@stthereseschool.org

Principal Schoning schoningc@stthereseschool.org

Vice Principal Baumbach cbaumbach@stthereseschool.org

School Phone: 503-253-9400